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  • Over 2,000 Companies Buy and Sell Recycled Plastic at This Online Marketplace

    April 17, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

    A startup in Germany created an online platform, Cirplus, that connects recycling companies with manufacturers and distributors in the plastic industry. The site encourages the move towards a circular economy by improving transparency for buyers and sellers.

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  • Athens Repair Café Tackles Climate Change By Repairing Items, Attitudes

    April 17, 2023 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The Athens Repair Café allows locals to bring in their broken items — like bikes and appliances — to be repaired by skilled volunteers in an effort to utilize a reuse model that extends the life of the items, preventing the need for purchasing replacements. The Athens Repair Café is one of 2,664 Repair Cafés worldwide registered under Repair Café International and over the past year, about 100 items have been successfully repaired.

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  • Catholic nonprofit supports Nigerian inmates and advocates for police reform

    April 17, 2023 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Carmelite Prisoners’ Interest Organization works to release people unlawfully detained in Nigeria. At the same time, the organization provides legal representation and religious support to those awaiting trial.

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  • For the American Prison Writing Archive, a 'Shadow Canon' Sheds Light

    April 17, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    The American Prison Writing Archive documents firsthand accounts of living conditions inside roughly 400 correctional facilities in the United States. The collection includes more than 3,300 narratives that are used to build awareness around the realities of the criminal legal system.

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  • ‘It's about Healing the Earth:' How Nebraskans are Building Sustainable Farms Through Biodynamics

    April 17, 2023 |

    The Reader |

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    Response Location: United States, Nebraska

    Biodynamic farming is slowly spreading across the United States as a practice that improves the health of a farm’s ecosystem by creating a sustainable system that uses its waste to generate its energy. This way of farming also involves practices like crop rotation, cover cropping, and eliminating the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

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  • From scarcity to abundance: The secret of the 'peace farmers' of Colombia

    April 17, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Meta

    La Cosmopolitana Foundation in Colombia offers courses that teach people to live in harmony with each other and nature. The classes focus on sustainability and helping rural communities to work together to create circular economies. Small fees make the classes largely accessible.

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  • Restoring Hope For The Displaced Girl In Nigeria's Borno State

    April 16, 2023 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    After a local school was destroyed during conflict with Boko Haram, Mallam Thabit began offering night classes for girls who were left without access to education. Thabit advocated for the school to be rebuilt and helped establish a new education program.

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  • Hawaii Has Had Amazing Success Reducing The Number Of Homeless Vets. Here's How

    April 16, 2023 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    The Homeless Management Information System is used as a starting point by several organizations for maintaining a “by name” list of every homeless veteran in the state. The list is used to address broader issues regarding homeless veterans in the community and to provide targeted solutions for each individual on the list. Through the work of several organizations aiming to end homelessness for veterans, and with the help of the Homeless Management Information System, the number of homeless veterans declined by 51% between 2015 and 2022.

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  • A new outreach team focuses on relieving disorder on Third Avenue

    April 16, 2023 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    As a part of Seattle’s Third Avenue Project to relieve disorder downtown, the organization We Deliver Care has workers stationed on the streets almost constantly to provide necessities like snacks and water to those who need it. Their consistent presence and assistance builds relationships with the people they help, which allows the We Deliver Care workers to de-escalate conflicts.

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  • Rice Insurance helping Rwandan Farmers Overcome Climate-Induced Losses

    April 15, 2023 |

    Panorama |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Rwanda’s National Agriculture Insurance Scheme helps farmers access financial protection for their crops to provide income security in the face of climate change events that can ruin harvests.

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